Haryana forms committee for land encroachment
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided to constitute a four-member committee on issues relating to encroachment of lands belonging to Urban local Bodies and Panchayats, and the issue of extension of lal dora. A spokesman said that the members of the committee included Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu, Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Kavita Jain and Minister of State for Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Krishan Kumar Bedi.
Capt Abhimanyu attends Kendriya Sainik Board meet
Chandigarh: Haryana Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu, said that the State Government is making consistent efforts to provide more facilities to ex-servicemen and their families. After attending the 30th meeting of Kendriya Sainik Board in New Delhi, he said that the Central and State Governments are formulating several schemes for the welfare of the servicemen. Issues like rehabilitation of ex-servicemen and generation of more employment opportunities in private and public sectors were also discussed, he added.
land ownership rights under consideration
Chandigarh: Punjab Government is contemplating to grant land ownership rights of allotted nazool land to the members of State Nazool land Cooperative Societies, said Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. He directed Financial Commissioner Revenue to work out a solution for redressing the issue raised by societies. He asked him to ensure protection of right of every stakeholder and submit his report at the earliest to resolve this issue for once and all.
Govt-Aided College Association thanks Edu Min
Chandigarh: A delegation of members of Government-Aided College Association called on Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma and thanked him for fulfilling their long-pending demand for granting pension at par with lecturers of government colleges. President of the Association, Naresh Chahar said that this demand of the lecturers of government-aided colleges had been pending for a long time which had been fulfilled by the present State Government.
SE caught while taking bribe
Chandigarh: Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught RK Garg, Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering, Jhajjar red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 15,000 from Mahabir, a resident of village Nilothi, district Jhajjar. A spokesman said that he had accepted the bribe in lieu of sending the letter of credit, after countersigning, for payment of pending bills of repair to the headquarters. A case has been registered against him under sections 7 and 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act at Bureau’s police station in Rohtak.
1,175 TGTs promoted
Chandigarh: As many as 1,175 Masters or Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs) of Haryana School Education Department have been promoted as lecturer or Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) with immediate effect. A spokesman of the Department said that they had a long standing demand for their promotion.
Fortis Hospital wins Hygiene Excellence Award
Mohali: Fortis Hospital, Mohali won the prestigious Asia Pacific Hand Hygiene Award, 2015 for demonstrating outstanding leadership in implementation of an effective hand hygiene campaign. This was done in tandem with the World Health Organisation’s Global Patient Safety Challenge – Clean Care is Safer Care. Out of many applicants, about 3-4 hospitals are shortlisted in each country for the visit by the experts. This year, three hospitals from India made it to the finalists.